Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge “The Heroic Couplet” (posted by Kim) “A heroic couplet is a rhyming pair of lines that can be built up with further couplets to create a poem of any … Continue reading →

Carpe Diem Crossroads #2 – The Summer Moon This week I have chosen two beauties by two very different haiku poets from the past. The first haiku is by Kobayashi Issa: a thousand gallons shower from the eaves… cherry blossoms … Continue reading →